Andreas Kocks Delicate Terrain

Winston Wächter Fine Art Seattle New York

It is no surprise that German artist Andreas Kocks formally studied both architecture and sculpture. His large scale installation works merge those worlds with sweeping paper brushstrokes, transforming the space in which they reside. Using only cut paper, Kocks uses the world around him as his canvas and thick watercolor paper as his medium. “Paint” leaps from wall to wall, in swirling dances and energetic bursts. Kocks is able to manipulate the paper to simultaneously appear substantial and delicate. Each artwork changes before the viewer, as you move about the room with bouncing light transforming your perspective. Kocks demands participation and provides something uniquely interactive with the most familiar of materials.

Andreas Kocks was born in Oberhausen, Germany and received his MFA in Sculpture from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and his MA in education at the University of Düsseldorf. In 2006 he was awarded a Pollock -Krasner Foundation fellowship. In addition to exhibiting at museums and galleries in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, England, and the United States, he has received numerous commissions from private and public clients.

A Momentary Suspension (#1229G), 2012, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 181 x 511 x 3 in., Installation at SCAD, Atlanta, USA

Opposite: In e Beginning (#701G); 2010, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 580 x 1060 x 10 cm, Collection Museum Biedermann, Donaueschingen, Germany Right: detail

paperwork #604G (model 1:10), 2006, graphite on paper, 19.5 x 13.5 inches

Untitled (#1147), 2011, Acrylic on Paper, 86 x 71 in. , Installation at Winston Wächter, New York, USA

Untitled (#1213G), 2012, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 570 x 820 x 6 cm, Installation at Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England

In the Loop (#1201G), 2012, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 350 x 1590 x 5 cm, Installation at Centre D'Art, L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue, France

Untitled (#505G), 2005, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 200 x 290 x 6 cm, Private Collection, Munich, Germany

Untitled (#504), 2005, Watercolor Paper, (Model 1:10)

Cannonball (#703G), 2007, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 130 x 658 x 5 in., Installation at Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, USA

Big Bang (#1248G), 2012, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 300 x 1660 x 8 cm, Collection TBWA, Vienna, Austria

untitled, 2013, graphite on watercolor paper on wood, framed, 37.3 x 48.4 x 3.9 inches, untitled, 2014, drawing on watercolor paper on wood, framed 46.5 x 35.4 x 2.7 inches

Installation at Winston Wächter Fine Art New York

Born 1960 Oberhausen, Germany

Education and Awards 2006 Grant Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York 1989 MFA in Sculpture, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1987 BFA in Integration of Fine Art and Architecture, Kunstakademie

Düsseldorf, MA in Education, University of Düsseldorf 1980 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, with Norbert Kricke, Ulrich Rückriem

and Erich Reusch

Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA 2014 Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY

Galerie Wuensch, Linz, Austria 2013 "To Be Continued, Neue Werkstätten, Munich, Germany 2012 “in the loop,” Städtische Galerie im Kornhaus, Germany

Städische Galerie, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany 2011 “re:paint,”Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY

“Momentary Suspension,” Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2010 “Scattered,” Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim, Germany “Momentary Suspension,” Trois Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA “e Perfect Splash,” Galerie Pfriem, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France

2009 “Current Events,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY “Eleven Works,” Galerie Florian Walch, Munich, Germany “Der Ort und sein Geschehen,” Neue Galerie, Dachau, Germany

2008 “Paperworks,” Neue Werkstätten, Munich, Germany “e Making of Paperworks,” Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz, Munich, Germany

2007 “Cannonball,” Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, NY 2005 “INstallation,” Papermuseum Lenningen 1999 “Präsenz und Zurückhaltung,” Diözesan Museum, Limburg 1998 “Imaginäre Orte,” Dommuseum Frankfurt a.M. 1995 Ostufer Galerie Berg/Starnbergersee 1992 Galerie Raum 1, Düsseldorf 1990 “Objekte,” Kunst im NTC, Düsseldorf 1989 “Casanostra” (w/ Jörg Steinmann), Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach 1987 Galerie Gomringer, Rehau/Bavaria 1986 “Ohne Titel,” Zollhaus, Willich/Düsseldorf

Site Speci"c Commissions 2014 Installation #1441G, Private Collection, Mannheim, Germany             "In Between" (#1342G), Private Collection, Linz, Austria 2013 "To be Continued" (#1341G), Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg,

Germany             Installation #1328G, Private Collection, Mannheim, Germany             "Toulon Twister" ( #1310G), RNN Collection, Mannheim, Germany             Installation #970G, Private Collection, Grand Rapids, MI, USA 2012  Installation #1213G, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England

Installation #1001/2G, Mannheimer Versicherung AG, Mannheim, Germany

            Installation #1145G, Private Collection, Seattle, WA, USA           Installation #1212G, Private Collection, New York, NY, USA           "In e Loop II"(#1210G),Städtische Galerie, Kirchheim, Germany

"In e Loop I"(#1201G), Campredon Centre D'Art, L'Isle-Sur-La- Sorgue, France

2010 “Paperwork #1001-1G,” Sagaponack, USA “Paperwork #1025G,” Seeshaupt, Germany “Paperwork #1026G,” Mannheim, Germany “Paperwork #1028G,” Heidelberg, Germany “Paperwork #939-3G,”New York, USA 2009 “Paperwork #934G,” Sammlung Leonhard, Mannheim, Germany “Paperwork #G946G,” Regensburg, Germany 2008 “Paperwork #848G (Big Bang),” TBWA, Vienna, Austria 2002 “State of Mind,” Sammlung Linkenheil, Schramberg/Baden

Würtemberg “Opus 196,” St. Mauritius erapieklinik, Neuss

1993 “Eine Inszenierung,” Privatsammlung, Düsseldorf-Haan 1992 “Vier Jahreszeiten,” Mörsenbroich-

Rath GmbH, Düsseldorf 1991 “Domus Aquae,” Privatsammlung, Krefeld “Solinger Tor,” Privatsammlung, Solingen 1990 “Innenwelt der Außenwelt,” Sammlung Hömberg, Grevenbroich

Public Collections Mannheimer Versicherung AG, Mannheim Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Rehau/Bavaria Museum Schloß Moyland, Kleve Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Aichach/Bavaria Bayrische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München Papiermuseum, Lenningen Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Michigan, USA Museum Biedermann, Donaueschingen

Splatter (# 939G), 2009, Graphite on Watercolor Paper, 450 x 420 x 8 cm, Private Collection, New York, USA

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